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Bureau #: 85460
Construction #: 2279
Civil Registration(s):
  N7032C
  C-GFPS
Model(s):
  TBM-3S
  AS Mk. 3
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2005
   History:
Delivered to RCN as 85460.
- BOC: July 22, 1950.
- SOC: July 5, 1960.
Registered as N7032C by ???, 19??.
- Crashed on take-off, Idaho City, ID, July 9, 1961.
Richardson Aviation, Yakima, WA, 1963-1972.
- Leased to Marom Ltd, Herzelia, Israel, 1967.
-- Tree spraying contract, Greece, 1968.
Evergreen Air Service, Roxboro, Quebec, May 1975.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton (later Chatham), New Brunswick, May 1976-2002.
- Registered as C-GFPS.
- Flown as tanker #3.
- For sale (see web site, link above).
FEW TBMS LLC, Rio Grande, NJ, Jan. 18, 2005.
- Registered as N145WB.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2005.
 Photo Source(s):
Forest Protection Ltd
Sandy McKinnon